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Lynparza Delays Progression in Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Patients With Germline BRCA Mutations

Jun 03, 2019
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Andrea Anderson
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CHICAGO (GenomeWeb) – A clinical trial of a PARP inhibitor in metastatic pancreatic cancer patients has yielded "practice changing" results, according to some oncologists, and will likely lead to more widespread testing for germline mutations in the inherited cancer risk genes BRCA1 and BRCA2.

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